Expediting
The Expediting is a anglicism for quality and schedule control activities under the Technical Purchasing. The direct translation of " speed" but does not hit the scope, anything, it is to avoid delays.
The Expediting includes the external activities of a company in order to verify the present in order backlog at other suppliers. Checks are properties of their quality and deadline aspects which require a long lead time for their manufacturing.
Example
Example: A plant manufacturer has a customer in the Middle East to establish a petroleum refinery. In this refinery high-pressure pumps are used. Although these pumps describes the plant engineers, but not even increase it. First, he developed the specification of the pump, then he brings in various suitable pump manufacturers offers and will issue a rule that is efficient in the summary appearing offer an order.
Well the supplier is (also called sub-contractor ) begin this order to work. When the pump for their manufacturing needs a long time, so the plant engineer is well advised to keep checking in between inquired about the progress of his order.
Objectives
Expediting now means not only in the general sense inquiring (often tel or email ) " to walk out of the enterprise ", in the strict sense Expediting means (Latin ex = out, pedes = feet ) to get the subcontractors the objects to consider in this case its ordered pumps in the various stages of progress in realita:
- Whether they will be completed to the target / ordered date on time,
- Whether they will meet in the qualitative version of the specification (interim acceptance / final acceptance ).
This schedule and quality aspects can be checked by one person, but it can also consist of tasks this: that a person checks ONLY the quality aspect and that a colleague of his reserves the scheduling needs in mind.
Species
A distinction is therefore also in the qualitative and quantitative Expediting. The Quantitative includes only futures, Vollzähligkeits and packaging control, in addition to expediting qualitative nature of the goods is checked. This can occur if the delivered goods relevant guidelines and other standards also meet a conformity check.
Expediting is thus a form of quality management, which takes place usually at the supplier. Performed it is by internal inspectors or external auditor. On the external side, a distinction between the simple engineering or the " trusted third parties " such as the TÜV Hessen. In the case of the involvement of a trusted third party can be discussed with the project financiers that the transfer of a partial amount takes place when the pump was removed and the TÜV TÜV seal was affixed to the packaging.
Meaning within a project
The importance of expediting that is not necessarily apparent at first glance, a clear statement of the CEO of RWE Power AG. In the journal " Energie & Management " from September 1, 2009, Dr. John F. Lambertz before an investigation of 20 power plant construction sites of the Group in Europe. It has been found in the investigation broad, that the construction of power plants delays of 12 months or more are now no longer the exception but the rule. Be traceable to these delays on quality and schedule problems with the contractors and to the lack of monitoring of the contractors by the actual supplier. The early identification and elimination of the quality and schedule problems subcontractors is the typical task of a Expediters.
Swell
- Providing material and Expediting Management - missing parts or Black Peter? . Retrieved on August 6, 2009.
- Expediting: Trusted Third Parties consider "current procurement " spot out. Retrieved on 30 November 2009.